Manchester City" is preparing an offer for D. Rice © PA

After Ilkay Gundogan's agreement with "Barcelona," "Manchester City" is preparing to seriously engage in the battle for Declan Rice's transfer.

Gianluca Di Marzio announces that "Manchester City" is preparing an offer for "West Ham United" safety. This information was also confirmed by Fabrizio Romano and David Ornstein.

Arsenal, for now, has offered guaranteed 75 million pounds to the "hammers." The conference league champions want at least 90 million guaranteed for their leader.

The "Citizens" see D. Rice as one of I. Gundogan's replacements.

However, it is worth mentioning that the Manchester club has reached an agreement with "Chelsea" for the transfer of Mateo Kovacic.